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B. J. KRAUTHEIM. TICKET PUNCH.

No. 309,630. Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

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TECKET- PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.309,630, dated December 23,188't.

Application filed November 15, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD J. KRAUTHEIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Punches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specifiea on.

This invention relates to that class of ticketpunches in which one pivotal section works in a box formed on the co operating section, whereby lateral vibration or an unsteady movement of the parts is prevented.

The object of the invention is to reduce the cost of construction, to increase the effective durability of the device, and to reduce the power necessary to perforate the ticket cardboard.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side view of a punch embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof one of the sections illustrating its conformation, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the other of said sections adapted to operate in the same.

In carrying out my invention I form the section a,which is cored out vertically to receive the fulcrumal and perforating extremities of the section Z), and is recessed horizontally, as

at c, forming a bifurcation, d d, between the branches of which the ticket may be inserted. The upper branch, (Z, of the said bifurcation is provided with the perforation e, the lower part of which conforms in shape to the cutter h, and cooperates with the sides of the same to punch the ticket. Said branch (Z is also provided at g with aperioration to receive a i'ulcrumal pin, The section b of the punch is also bifurcated, the'npper branch or fork, Z, being shorter than the lower, and provided at its extremity with the perforation g, to correspond with the perforation g and receive the pin 9. The lower and longer branch, Z, is provided near its extremity with the cutter h, which is adapted to enter the perforation e, engaging with the side edges of the branch around the perforation to perforate the cardboard. The recesses c and m of the punchsections a 1) correspond with one another when said sections are pivoted together, and allow a free movement of the ticket therein. The fulcrumal pin connecting the sections, being in the upper branches thereof, the ticket is allowed to enter the recesses and pass back of said fulcrumal pin, or to a position nearer the handles. By this construction the punch is enabled to perforate the ticket near its center, while at the same time the fulcrumal pin is brought nearer to the point of resistance in the perforating process, thus reducing the amount of exertion heretofore required of the conductor or other person using the punch. The limb .Z being only about half the length'of the limb Z, and the perforation 9 being formed near its outer end, the pivot is brought about midway between the die h and the rear end of the slot. By this means not only is great power given over the die by having the fulcrumal point close to it, but also slight action is necessary in the handles to produce the movement and power of the die, since the pivot or fulcrumal point lies close to and back of the die-11 0., between the die and the handles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is As an improved article of manufacture, the punch consisting of the parts a and b, the part to having the limbs (Z d, of equal length, and the part I) having the limbs Z Z, of unequal length, and having the shorter limb, Z, pivoted to the limb (Z at a point about midway between the die h and the rear end of the recess, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of November, 1883.

RICHARD J. KRAUTHEIM.

IVitncsses:

CHARLES H. PELL, 1*. F. CAMPBELL. 

